My Bucket List

You know, my previous post got me thinking...what exactly is on my bucket list? I thought and thought and compiled a short list for you guys to check out!

1) NYC for New Year's

2) Travel to London, Paris, South Africa, and Hollywood

3) Disney World

4) See MercyMe and Rascal Flatts in Concert

5) Meet some of my favorite musicians and celebs (you know who they are)

So there you have it. Not too bad, right? As I said, I'm hoping to fulfill #1 on the list this year, if everything works out. So, here's my question...what's on your bucket list? Drop me a comment or Tweet me and let me know!

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2011 Challenge

You know, many people have a list of resolutions for the new year and I'm no exception. However, the #1 resolution for me is save money. Why? Well, I want to so I can make a big splurge at the end of this year. I'm in the process of working out a trip to New York to see next year's ball drop in Times Square! Yes, I know it's crazy, but I've never seen it before and I really have been wanting to go back to NYC since that trip I took back in 2010. I've never really had a challenge for saving money, but I am pretty responsible with it and I think it won't be too much of an issue for me.

The dream trip would be like a 4 or 5 day trip to NYC and I may look at taking a train or even flying up there. A train/plane would be easier than driving (no parking worries, etc.). It would be awesome if everything worked out, but it won't be easy. I'll really start focusing on my savings once I (hopefully) start work at day camp this summer and I think instead of asking for tangible gifts for my birthday, I'll ask everyone to contribute to my savings for this trip. This is something I really want to do and I'm going to try my best to fulfill this dream!

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Rose Parade Disappointment

I've always loved watching the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day since I could remember. That feeling could be in jeopardy after today's poor showing of the parade by all broadcast stations. First off, both ABC and NBC had frequent commercial breaks in between and features going behind the scenes and showing different aspects of the parade. I mean, all that behind the scenes stuff is nice but, just show the parade!!!! Hallmark Channel and HGTV showed the parade without commercials, but all have one thing in common. All these channels never showed my hometown band, the NCCU Marching Sound Machine, perform.

I later found out that the band performed after the network broadcast and it was supposedly shown on the cable stations (Hallmark and HGTV) according to WRAL. This I believe was not the case as Hallmark simply replayed the parade. This was (I think) the first time a band from Durham was featured on the parade and no one in Durham even got to see it!  I don't even call that performing in the freaking parade!!!! I was so disappointed in all the stations and I may even change up my tradition and just not watch it anymore. Just plain ridiculous!!!!

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Goodbye 2010

For the past few years on this blog, I've been creating a video looking back on the year that was; but I've mostly been counting down top moments in the world. I've decided to change things up a bit this go round and count down the top moments in my own life from the past year. There were some life changing events in 2010 for me, so I thought it would be cool to make a video counting them down. Check it out here. Happy New Year!

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Christmas 2010

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great Christmas weekend. Mine was awesome! Even though it came late in the evening on Christmas Day, we did technicaly have a White Christmas here in North Carolina. We ended up getting about 4-6 inches of the white stuff around where I live, so I was happy! 

Christmas Eve was nice. I really didn't do a whole lot except pop into the Dollar Tree to pick up a couple extra gift bags. We had a pretty big dinner that night with ham and all the trimmings. I ended up following my tradition of watching "Christmas Eve On Sesame Street" which had the "Gift Of The Magi" story with Bert and Ernie (my favorite part).

On Christmas Day, I opened presents with my family and ate breakfast courtesy of the Swiss Colony. The breakfast pack included cinnamon apple pancakes and pepper bacon and I pigged out! I also went to my grandparents house and had Christmas there, where I got what I wanted for Christmas...a Kinect for my Xbox 360! I was so excited because I know it's so hard to find.

I had a great Christmas, and I hope you guys did too. We're now just a few short days away from New Year's and I will be blogging about the year that was very soon...stay tuned!

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A Little Dose Of Christmas...Oops

Since today is Christmas, I thought I would give you guys a dose of some Christmas Oops...have a Merry Christmas everybody!

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Santa's Comin' To Town (Yeahhh Mannnn!)

I saw this vid the other day on Twitter and thought it would be perfect for Christmas Eve...check it out!

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